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Wine Details
Price:
$14.00 per bottle
Description:
This is the first time we have produced a reserve wine. This particular vintage had exceptional fruit. The same fruit was used in the the regular 2004 sauvignon blanc. At a certain point we bottled the sauvignon blanc but saved 360 gallons and aged it in neutral barrels, for an additional 5 months. This impact of the barrel aging influenced the texture of the wine and created a seamless mouth feel but, still shares a lot of the characteristics of the original wine that spent time only in stainless.
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Varietal Definition
Sauvignon Blanc:
Sauvignon Blanc is widely grown in California — at over 15,000 acres, it’s now the third most planted variety — and often assumes the moniker ‘Fume Blanc’. This popular synonym, credited to Napa’s Robert Mondavi, derives from the grape’s historic home of Pouilly in France’s Upper Loire Valley, where Sauvignon Blanc is the dominant varietal and goes locally by the name of ‘Blanc Fumé’. When treated with respect and afforded suitable growing conditions, Sauvignon Blanc is one of the wine world’s darlings. Steely, racy acidity, green, gooseberry fruit, asparagus and a grassy, herbaceous character characterize dry wines made from this grape.
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